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Interests:Like the name says "Guns and beer" (and really hot chicks who like guns and beer).

Posted 24 June 2017 - 10:41 AM

Gerald Chapman (Bryce?) was hanged in 1926 for the murder of New Britain CT Police Officer James Skelly. Heins (aka Dutch Anderson) was killed in a shootout with Muskegon MI Detective Charles Hammond in 1925. Their criminal exploits make for some interesting reading.

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Original 1925 press photo of "experts" examining gun Chapman was accused of using.

Many thanks for this! These were indeed experts, J. Henry FitzGerald of Colt's, William Jones of the NYPD, and Roy Jones of S&W. The revolver looks like a .45 Hand Ejector/M1917 to me. It seems blued, yet I've read somewhere the revolver that nailed Chapman was supposed to be nickeled. Would someone know?

Interests:Like the name says "Guns and beer" (and really hot chicks who like guns and beer).

Posted 07 July 2017 - 08:38 AM

Newspaper announces Anderson's death as well as Det. Charles Hammond's. Now I have a background for my display. Sorry for bad photo. I just picked up a 2nd Model Hand Ejector in .45 Colt (post war conversion) to finish out my collection. No pics yet.